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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered…
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BEIJING – A Chinese man upset over a financial dispute set fire to a moving bus and fled as the…
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Iraq Kurds delay presidential polls over row
ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) – Iraqi Kurdish lawmakers agreed on Sunday to delay controversial presidential polls for two years as they…
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Karzai signs Afghan election reforms into law
KABUL (AFP) – President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday approved changes to the make-up of Afghanistan’s electoral complaints watchdog, removing foreign…
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BEIJING – Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world’s biggest phone…
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BEIRUT (AFP) – An air raid on Syria’s famed Krak des Chevaliers castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has damaged…
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Despite protests, travel to Hong Kong is seen as safe
Jennifer Price has been planning her trip to Hong Kong to attend a friend’s wedding for over a year. Now…
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Travel by luxury train is getting a chic, futuristic makeover thanks to East Japan Railway Company, or JR East. Set…
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Hong Kong protests: How I found myself in the middle of an anti-American smear campaign
Americans are now paying attention as hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people take to the streets in protest demanding…
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